The deputy mayor of the southern Ukrainian city of Nikopol was killed when an unidentified gunman opened fire at his vehicle, Ukraine's national police reported on Telegram. "At the scene, police found that the attacker used an unidentified weapon, as a result of which the car caught fire. After extinguishing it, the body of a 59-year-old man was found in the cabin," the police said, without naming the victim. Ukrainian media identified the deputy mayor as Vitaliy Zhuravlov. Nikopol, in Dnipropetrovsk region, regularly sustains Russian attacks that cause civilian casualties, but prosecutors have not mentioned any link between the killing and Russian forces. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service, click here.
Nikopol Deputy Mayor Shot Dead, Ukrainian Police Say
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